Show maybe and maybe not the maid was lery calr to eee but ebald and not inclined to oily she stood behind the christmas tree and gravely hung a wreath or holly himself passed there by chance and saw her all alone and straightway alln gored and she who had been tranquil became at once moat butter the mistletoe hung overhead 1 I think I 1 said the maid was fair her eyes were bright her lips were red and sunbeams glistened in her hair the tree was large the two were hid he turned and lett be did the maid was very wroth 01 dear she ran away with cheeks a flaming twixt anger and a touch ot fear the scarlet 0 the holly shaming she told her dearest friend ive heard so shortly everybody knew it tha place whereat the deed occurred was near and maidens flocked to view it himself was there engulfed in gloom and he was also good to see the mistletoe its waxen bloom still haunted for those maids to see and BO they each one ran and hid and scorned to tarry yea they did beatrice barry in new york times |